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Per Diem Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - WellMed Medical Group - Harlingen, TX
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What they do
A Primary Care Nurse Practitioner provides primary care and nursing care to patients. Performs physical exams, orders diagnostic tests, and provides medications. Works in a physician's office or other healthcare facility, under the direction of a physician. Performs work similar to that of a physician assistant but has different medical training and degree.
$119,020 / year median in Texas
+31% projected growth
Job Description
- Requisition number:
- 2381473
- Job category:
- Healthcare Delivery, Advanced Practice Clinicians
- WellMed, part of the Optum family of businesses, is seeking a Per Diem Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our team in Harlingen, TX. Optum is a clinician-led care organization that is changing the way clinicians work and live.
- As a member of the Optum Care Delivery team, you'll be an integral part of our vision to make healthcare better for everyone.
- At Optum, you'll have the clinical resources, data and support of a global organization behind you so you can help your patients live healthier lives.
- Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
Position Highlights:
- + Our model is designed to provide the most efficient, comprehensive, and proven care techniques to treat the whole patient - physically, mentally, and socially + "Quality vs. Quantity Model" - Typically census per clinician is 15 to 16 patients per day + Access to a strong clinical support team
- What makes an Optum Career different?
- + As the largest employer of Advanced Practice Clinicians, we have a best-in-class employee experience and enable you to practice at the top of your license + We believe that better care for clinicians equates to better care for patients + We are influencing change collectively on a national scale while still maintaining the culture and community of our local care organizations + We grow talent from within.
Required Qualifications:
- + Certification through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), or the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) + Current Licensure through the Texas Board of Nurse Examiners OR Licensed Physician Assistant by the Texas State Medical Board or the ability to obtain prior to employment + Valid DEA license or the ability to obtain one prior to employment + Comfortable managing a primarily Medicare-aged patient population + Bilingual (English/Spanish) fluency •
Preferred Qualifications:
- + A working understanding and support of a managed care environment + 1+ year of clinical experience as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Compensation for this specialty generally ranges from $53.